So I'm just so damn curious to know, where all you homer Melo fans stand when it comes to Melo and CAA being accused of all these shady dealings, and this franchise? Cause we all know who Melo is going to side with...

What an absolutely weird, strange and bizarre statement by the franchise player. Wtf are you talking about Melo? How about just a simple straightforward answer? What happened to making sense without these underlying, hidden meaning answers?

The pitfall in getting Melo to take less is not to insult him with a lowball offer. The minute the clock strikes 12 on July 1, 2014, Melo will be getting offers for the full max. So when Phil asks for a discount, Leon Rose will say 10 teams are offering the max. How do you negotiate against that?

Kobe took $23.5 million per year, but that was an extension. The Lakers weren't bidding against any other team. Phil will be tested early in this deal.

@Jerry Gee@rgm891 At least maybe put some clips on the site showing it in action? I am by far an expert of the triangle offense and how it works in many different ways and creates so many shot opportunities.

NEW YORK -- New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said in a recent interview that he wants to opt out of the final year of his contract this summer and test free agency.

"I want to be a free agent," Anthony told the New York Observer.
"I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one
time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period, you know.
It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners,
all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So
yes, I want that experience."

Anthony said Thursday that he will test free agency. However, he said not to make any assumptions about him leaving the Knicks.

"Does that mean I'm not coming back to New York?" Anthony said. "Not at all."

Anthony did repeat that he'd like to be "pursued."

"Guys would like to have that situation and just see what it's about,"
he said. "It doesn't mean that just because somebody wants to be that,
that they're going to leave. Me leaving never came across in my mind.
[Free agency is] just an experience that I thought would be an
experience I'd want to experience."

@carl hill @rgm891 @Knicks_Fanatic If Melo actually cares about winning he's def going to opt out. He stated he wants nothing to do with 2015 and want to be in the best situation to win come next year. In terms of free agency I am saying.

@carl hill@Knicks_Fanatic I dont believe Melo is going to sign for the year. He stated he wants nothing to do with 2015. He's going to sign his max deal probably now or hopefully PJ can convince him to opt in which will be incredible. But he's def going to opt and sign that max deal he's looking for.

The taxpayer MLE is a $3.1 million and can be a three year deal. We used it to sign Kidd and then MWP-Prigioni last year. Other than that, we can only offer the veteran's minimum. So yes, anyone on the cheap is an option.